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These Boston players sure look more average on the road then they do at home.
People just think We tank and then we get next David or Timmy umm reality check once we start tanking it will be years before we good again. Most of the posters in here will probably be dead of old age before we get back to finals.
These Boston players sure look more average on the road then they do at home.
Almost everyone on that team is a system player, and often players like that aren't great on the road. Only Kyrie and Hayward are close to star-level players who can deal with pressure environments where Stevens' coaching can't always penetrate. People talk up Horford, but he's above serviceable and little more, another system guy.
I agree somewhat. These guys are young in the Conference Finals on the road. Except for Horford who was horrible. I'm cutting them (Tatum, Brown, and Rozier) some slack. I still think Ainge makes a push for Kawhi offering one or two of those pieces. Kawhi is a MVP type of player. Best two way player in the league.
If he can add Kawhi to the Celtics he will. Of course this all depends on if the Spurs and Kawhi don't come to an agreement and if they feel Kawhi is healthy. Just my opinion.
I'd much rather keep Murray, 18th and LMA and move Kawhi for Fultz, Saric, Covington, Lakers Pick, and Parsekniks. Spurs would have the young prospects they need to rebuild without necessarily bottoming out and still being a team that can win 40 games.
Conley-3 years, $97 Million remaining
Parsons-2 years, $49 Million remaining
Gasol-2 years, $49.7 Million remaining
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$195.7 paid out over the next three seasons.
They could use that pick to try and attach with one of those three players in a deal but they have really no young assets and their 2018 pick is owed to Boston, which is probably a lottery pick and has decent chance of conveying unless they tank.
For Memphis' sake, they should absolutely use the 4th pick. I would keep the pick, see how things go next season and if the wheels fall off- then tank and try to keep their 2018 pick.
The thing is, if LMA wants out, you really have to trade him, at some point. All of us remember disinterested, disengaged LMA from 2016-2017. No one wants that.
I thought we got Steve Kerr back in the trade for Anderson No? I think Steve Smith was a FA signing?
Nah it was Smith for DA + Kerr. The Spurs traded Antonio Daniels to Portland the next year to get Kerr back.
Ahh that's right.
I believe the Spurs will trade LMA now that he's at his highest value (compared to last year at this very time). They will do this by mostly giving him away for little - possibly making the other team take on Gasol's contract. They will move away from big line-ups.
They will keep Kawhi somehow and try to get Lebron.
It's possible the strategy is to keep Kawhi and free up cap to do the above. All the other pieces except TP and Manu are fair game. This is in my view the end game play they are considering now.
Boston in conf finals wout any star player.... yet you bums cry about more help.
Sad nba
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It would be pretty easy to move away from big lineups when you dump the only two bigs on the roster.
Your center doesn't need to be an All-star anymore in this league. Is Clint Capela a super star? no - he's just good enough to help the other stars on the team.???
It would be pretty easy to move away from big lineups when you dump the only two bigs on the roster.
If he does, then that's a different story but I haven't heard anything besides some poster's sauces.
If Phoenix is interested in both LMA and Kawhi then moving both there, while being a ing show, would allow the Spurs to jump-start the rebuild
PHX Gets;
Kawhi Leonard
LaMarcus Aldridge
Spurs Get;
Tyson Chandler (Expiring)
T.J Warren (Decent player on a pretty good deal)
Dragon Bender (Prospect)
1st Pick
16th Pick
31st Pick
Possible Roster for 2018-2019 (in this scenario);
Murray
Parker
Mills
Doncic
16th Pick
31st Pick
18th Pick (probably unlikely Spurs would have 4 rookies on the team in any scenario)
Chandler
Gasol
Anderson
Green?
Gay?
Warren
Bertans
Bender
White
I'd say he's definitely above average and fits the team's needs like a glove. Steve Adams isn't a superstar or an all-star but he is pretty damn good.
I would say teams can get by with a mediocre center, depending on what they provide and the talent around them. If a team just needs someone to crash the glass, set good on and off ball screens and roll to the basket, then sure, but having players like Adams and Capela, who can do those things plus protect the basket and anchor a defense is obviously better to have.
Kawhi and his Uncle Denis "the Menace" Robertson apparently believe that the Spurs were falling behind GSW following winning 61 games and a WCF run, moving Aldridge and keeping Kawhi to open up roster space for Lebron to possible come doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.
Also teams won't have cap space to take on $38 million in salary, maybe Phoenix, if we take back Chandler's expiring to help offset some of the money but i'm not sure what we could return, the 16th Pick?
If you do that deal you e got to get Josh Jackson as well.
I don’t know how people still fall for news formatted this way but O’Connor just made a few bucks reporting and stating the obvious. I understand there’s skepticism about how things played out with the roster last year but any GM would balk at underwhelming trade offers. His take offers nothing new, nothing most Spurs fans didn’t know.
The difference is MOST everyone is reporting otherwise; that SA will/has to move Kawhi by the draft because they can’t afford to have thing linger on another year.
Fair points - the 18th pick could add some value, no questions about that. I think the Spurs have a couple bad contracts that they need to squeeze in somehow. I don't believe the Spurs need to blow it up, nor I believe they'll do that. So they know they can't stay put - they need to do something. It's plausible one of the 2 stars will be traded. I don't see it any other way at least for 2018-2019
He loses money. What do the Spurs get? That money the player loses? Other player? They don't get anything.
So if the Spurs don't give him an extension nor trade him, he'll leave in FA. I wouldn't call it an option if both sides lose.
Change your avatar and your fake quote
That’s on Kawhi though. There comes a point if Kawhi is holding SA hostage that the ONLY option is to let him walk even if that hurts both people. SA can at least show other players that they don’t play that and it’s not like SA isn’t winning the PR battle.
They have tremendous relationships with teams and executives across the league; head coaches in many other franchises. They will understand why SA did what they did and so will agents who know Kawhi is being repped by someone that appears to be in well over his head if we are to believe the reports of him not having an agency or any other Nba players he’s repping.
About whats going on with kawhi and the spurs?? We most definitely do! The execs are clearly just speculating if u read the article
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